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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1
2 Icons and emphases ................................................................................................ 2
3 Product information............................................................................................... 3
3.1 Delivery scope........................................................................................................................3
3.2 System requirements.............................................................................................................4
3.3 Licensing and Upgrade ..........................................................................................................5
3.3.1 License Manager ......................................................................................................5
4 Installation and uninstallation ............................................................................... 7
4.1 Installation.............................................................................................................................7
4.2 Modification installation ....................................................................................................11
4.3 Installation modules............................................................................................................11
4.4 Uninstallation......................................................................................................................12
4.5 Installation and uninstallation on the network.................................................................13
4.5.1 Installation on the network...................................................................................14
4.5.2 Uninstallation on the network..............................................................................14
4.5.3 Command line parameter for the setup program ................................................15
4.5.4 Parameter of the file setup.inf ..............................................................................15
5 Overview of AntiVir Professional.......................................................................... 19
5.1 User interface and operation ..............................................................................................19
5.1.1 Control Center .......................................................................................................19
5.1.2 Configuration.........................................................................................................21
5.1.3 Tray icon.................................................................................................................25
5.2 How to...? .............................................................................................................................26
5.2.1 Activate license.......................................................................................................26
5.2.2 Avira AntiVir Professional automatic update.......................................................26
5.2.3 Start a manual update............................................................................................28
5.2.4 On-demand scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware ............28
5.2.5 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware using Dragamp;Drop ..............30
5.2.6 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware via the context menu..............30
5.2.7 On-demand scan: Automatically scan for viruses and malware ..........................30
5.2.8 On-demand scan: Targeted scan for active rootkits ............................................32
5.2.9 Reacting to detected viruses and malware............................................................32
5.2.10 Quarantine: Handling quarantined files (*.qua)...................................................36
5.2.11 Quarantine: Restore the files in quarantine.........................................................37
5.2.12 Quarantine: move suspicious files to quarantine.................................................38
5.2.13 Scan profile: Amend or delete file type in a scan profile......................................39
5.2.14 Scan profile: Create desktop shortcut for scan profile.........................................39
5.2.15 Events: Filter events ..............................................................................................40
5.2.16 MailGuard: Exclude email addresses from scan ...................................................40
5.2.17 Firewall: Select the security level for the Firewall ................................................41